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It is fast, emotionally powerful and gives a complicated situation a simple outcome. Something went wrong. Someone must have caused it. Find the person, blame them and shame them to prevent the error reoccurring. [Read Story](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/the-blame-game) ## [AI Won't Change Your Organisation. Culture Will](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/ai-wont-change-your-organisation.-culture-will) ![AI won't change your organisation, culture will](https://www.centreforteams.com/hubfs/Computer%20code.avif) There is a compelling fable of the AI mission that goes like this: the technology arrives, people use it, productivity improves, and the organisation becomes something more capable than it was. It is a useful narrative. And in most organisations, it is not what happens. [Read Story](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/ai-wont-change-your-organisation.-culture-will) ## [How Does Your Boss React to Failure?](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/how-does-your-boss-react-to-failure) ![You Have Failed Me For the Last Time!](https://www.centreforteams.com/hubfs/Darth%20Vader.jpg) If you hear swearing, spitting or even aggression, it suggests failure is not something your boss tolerates too well. Those kinds of responses are unlikely to encourage anyone in the team to take risks or even suggest innovative ideas. Prevention of failure becomes as much a goal as h … [Read Story](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/how-does-your-boss-react-to-failure) ## [When Failure Is Useful - And When It Isn't.](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/when-failure-is-useful-and-when-it-isnt) ![](https://www.centreforteams.com/hubfs/50-7_MILE_DAM_ARIEL_VIEW.webp) In the first blog of this series, I argued that failure does not need to be treated as the enemy of progress. 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A semi … [Read Story](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/does-my-team-need-coaching-five-signs-worth-taking-seriously) ## [What Does Team Coaching Actually Deliver: The Business Case in Numbers](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/what-does-team-coaching-actually-deliver-the-business-case-in-numbers) ![The Business Case for Coaching, measured in money not feelings.](https://www.centreforteams.com/hubfs/closeup-handshake-with-dollar-bills-middle_1098-19706.avif) There are a multitude of ‘soft metrics’ that make up the case for team coaching - people feel more connected, conversations become more honest, there is a greater sense of shared purpose. The felt experience of team coaching is real and it matters. But it is not the whole story, and i … [Read Story](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/what-does-team-coaching-actually-deliver-the-business-case-in-numbers) ## [Corporate-Washing: What Happens When Employees See the Dirty Laundry too?](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/corporate-washing-what-happens-when-employees-see-the-dirty-laundry-too) ![The veneer of corporate do-goodery](https://www.centreforteams.com/hubfs/Corporate%20Washing.png) Company corporate social relations’ (CSR) policy can sometimes tread a fine line between benevolence - making a real difference to society - and what could be called ‘corporate-washing’: creating a veneer of worthiness while leaving the underlying reality of the business unchanged or … [Read Story](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/corporate-washing-what-happens-when-employees-see-the-dirty-laundry-too) ## [What Job Descriptions Get Wrong](https://www.centreforteams.com/blog/what-job-descriptions-get-wrong) ![Job Description rarely motivate prospective candidates through their descriptions of the role](https://www.centreforteams.com/hubfs/Job%20Description.jpg) Most job descriptions are written as if motivation begins and ends with a list of tasks and responsibilities. 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